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Mexico City Metro safety reinforced after a tragic shooting

Mexico, Sept. 19 (EFE) .- A total of 1,600 police will reinforce laseguridad in Mexico City metro after opening on Friday unindividuo disturbed inside fire unaestacion, murdered an officer and a civilian, and injured wassentenced to eight people , local authorities announced today.

Security cameras captured the raw subway scenes inthe the assailant, identified as Luis Felipe HernandezCastillo, 38, shot at close range against two agents depolicia , and after struggling with a citizen ofa life robs shot in the head.

Victor Manuel Miranda Martinez, the police officer who was killed inthe attack, was fired today with honors in Monument to the revolution in the Mexican capital during a ceremony recognizing their value publicapara.

With the sound of sirens of patrol cars, a salute of honor unalluvia rose petals and dozens of flowers took leave of this agent mode determines which supplied the turn of another police almomento his death.

The official, police officer from Industrial Bank (PBI), married with a daughter of a year, died after surprising aHernandez Castle painting graffiti on METROBALDERAS station, which read this government of criminals.

Drawing attention, the attacker pulled a gun ycomenzo fire on a shooting spree, after which fuesometido by members of the prosecution capital.

eyewitnesses say the man, a native of Jalisco Delest, said it carried out the shooting in yhacia mentions the name of God to climate change.

The shootings took place at the time when most deciudadanos back to work and the station platform estabaatestado.

He was a responsible and dedicated to his work and shows deello died in fulfilling its duty to prove its worth, said Aefe David Miranda, one of the three brothers of the deceased policeman.

parting with honors, led by Mayor CITY OF Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard, attended by some police quinientosuniformados of various corporations, family and senior police AGENT.

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After the attack, authorities announced that beginning ofSunday be strengthened security at 175 stations with quecuenta the system, the largest in Latin America.

Within the measures are ungrupo redouble their vigilance with 1,600 policemen, who will join the 1,100 who yaresguardan that mass transportation, they use every day enpromedio four million people.

Additionally, aleatoriascon authorities revisions made metal detector for passengers to avoid introductionof weapons or fire, told Efe responsible systemhave Transportation Metro (STM), Francisco Bojorquez.

It will be a measure that will not remove more than forty seconds enrevisiones but reinforced passenger safety, added elfuncionario.

Bojorquez said that next year the STM 60millones invest some dollars to install more cameras ysistemas security metal detector fixed at some stations.

In addition, the Ministry of Health of the capital mexicanainformo that six of the eight people injured inthe shooting were given and high.

Among theinjured, three were wounded by bullets and only one serious health Handbook is located, identified as AguilarMartinez Delfino, 36, a messenger from the local public security secretariat who received a gunshot Fire near delpulmon.

In January-September period rose enCiudad homicides in Mexico by 4.9 percent over the same period de2008, official data showed. EFE

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